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+/* Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
+   
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+   
+   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+   
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
+   MA 02111-1307, USA */
+
+/*
+    strnmov(dst,src,length) moves length characters, or until end, of src to
+    dst and appends a closing NUL to dst if src is shorter than length.
+    The result is a pointer to the first NUL in dst, or is dst+n if dst was
+    truncated.
+*/
+
+#include <global.h>
+#include "m_string.h"
+
+char *strnmov(register char *dst, register const char *src, uint n)
+{
+  while (n-- != 0) {
+    if (!(*dst++ = *src++)) {
+      return (char*) dst-1;
+    }
+  }
+  return dst;
+}